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Hi everyone! I suspect most of us here are headed for hotter days with summer starting shortly in the northern hemisphere. With climate change in full swing and El Niño expected to happen this year, I suspect it will be a very hot one. Now I love coding and programming, obviously, but the obligatory hoody and sunglasses - which we all weat while coding, of course - can make for an uncomfortable coding experience in the heat. How do you all cope? Do you combine the obligatory hoody with shorts, or maybe airconditioning? All tips are welcome!

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Weather?

Oh! You mean outside.

Yeah, we don't do that here.

[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 days ago

You go work in the server room

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago

sleeveless hoodie. like John Schneider. peak performance.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

We suffer for our fashion and our art.

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Work from home and wear shorts only and drink tons of water.

[–] doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

crop top and skirt, or linen pants and crop top / linen shirt

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 6 days ago

Crank the AC up and play games set in the snow.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Hmm, sounds like it's time for the programming djellabah !

[–] PlasticQuality7519@reddthat.com 82 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Stay indoors, and don’t forget to loudly exclaim “I’m in!” every few minutes

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pleeeease! God dammit… hate this hacker crap.

[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah ah ah, didn’t say the magic word! Ah ah ah, didn’t say the magic word! Ah ah ah, didn’t say the magic word!

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

username is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported to the motherfucker in charge.

[–] xelar@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

HaCk ThE pLaNeT!

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 63 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Skirt and programming socks. The skirt provides optimal airflow and the socks can be adjusted using a PID algorithm to achieve the desired thermal equilibrium.

[–] Blubber28@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good call. I'll flash arch to a USB stick while I'm at it

[–] HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

When you're wearing a skirt, you're always flashing the USB stick

[–] ACindyDerg@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago

Das what panties are for. And leggings

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 53 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

Nice reference.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It’s like if Mr Motivator had a baby with a cargo net.

[–] heliotrope@retrofed.com 45 points 1 week ago

I hack at night, when it's cooler. You can't see the digital rain otherwise.

[–] quinkin@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

Heat pipes and fans.

Does make a hell of a mess getting the thermal paste of my back and chest.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

Beach hoodie. They're light and block UV

[–] x74sys@programming.dev 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Luckily I have a ThinkPad, I just run the following program and hold the fan vents against my face:

int main(void) {
  while (1);
}
[–] whimsy@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] x74sys@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Try to optimize this away, sucker:

echo "level full-speed" | sudo tee /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
[–] whimsy@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago

Fine, enjoy your ~~fan~~, space heater!

Unless

Username is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.

[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 5 points 1 week ago

Me when I own an 8th gen i7 t580 and bake my skin off.

[–] pgo_lemmy@feddit.it 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

NightHawk has a video on how to make cooling packs that keep their temperature around 18ºC (64ºF) for something like 2 hours. He gives the ingredients around the 6 minute mark. It's a mixture of Sodium Sulfate with common table salt:

  • 5 cups water (1.2 liters)
  • 1 cup sodium sulfate (240ml)
  • 1/4 cup salt (60ml)
  • 4 tablespoons of xanthan gum (20ml) - this is a thickening agent so that the thing becomes gelatin-like, which makes it easier to work with
  • Mix in heated water for some minutes. The mixture should not fully dissolve, there should be some of it visible. If the sulfate fully dissolves, add more. If there seems to be too much of the mixture, add bits of water.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqxjfp4Gi0k

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 week ago

If working at home, naked with just socks is allowed.

[–] ZoDoneRightNow@kbin.earth 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Easy: I live in the southern hemisphere. Excited that it's winter today, just got through our first major storm of the season

[–] tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 4 points 1 week ago

Best Hemisphere.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Moved to New Zealand.

[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You know you can wear shorts
whenever you want while programming right?

[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 2 points 5 days ago

The cargo shorts stay ON during ~~sex~~ coding

[–] Rumo161@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago

Heavily cropped hoody

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Anti slip ring for stability while activities

Ooh fancy

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 1 points 5 days ago

I don't use it, but it keeps the sleeves from riding up, theoretically.

[–] nimisnimi@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Polyester?! Do you prefer sweating - instead of letting your skin breath?

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 1 points 5 days ago

It wicks well for me.

[–] marlowe221@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Well, I do wear a lot of hoodies…. But that’s more because I live in the PNW than the fact that I’m a programmer.

I also have the sleeves pushed up to my elbows most of the time. Only wear sunglasses when I’m driving and the sun is in my face.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

Unzip the hoodie

[–] VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The sunglasses can obviously stay on. For the heat, opt for a sun hoodie which is fit for purpose

I still rep the same fit. I've even run in the summer hear in my programming hoodie, you train your mind, body, and soul.

Alternatively, maybe check out sun hoodies. I've been interested in using them for hiking

https://www.rei.com/product/185196/rei-co-op-sahara-shade-hoodie-mens